emer. Prof. Dr Coomans, August |
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Afdeling Nematologie, more
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- Benthos in marine ecosystems and environmental pollution - Marine ecosystems; Pollution of Belgian coast waters and the estuary of the western part of the Scheldt, more
- Benthos, nekton and plankton of the North Sea and the Delta area. I, more
- Benthos, nekton and plankton of the North Sea and the Delta area. II, more
- Benthos, nekton and plankton of the North Sea and the Delta area. III, more
- Biodiversity of marine benthic communities along ecological gradients, more
- Marine Biology, more
- Oceanography: Role of the benthos in marine ecosystems and effects of environmental pollution. I, more
- Oceanography: Role of the benthos in marine ecosystems and effects of environmental pollution. II, more
- Role of the meiobenthos in Antarctic ecosystems, more
- Structure and function of the benthos in estuarine and coastal ecosystems in relation to current and future anthropogenic influences, more
- Systematics, ecology and biogeography of marine organisms in the Indian Ocean. I, more
- Systematics, ecology and biogeography of marine organisms in the Indian Ocean. II, more
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- A study of the nematode fauna of three estuaries in the Netherlands, more
- An experimental approach to study epi-and infauna of mangrove forests in Gazi Bay (Kenya) between August 1992 and July 1993, more
- Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972), more
- Distribution and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard between 1976 and 1981, more
- Ecological study of the fish fauna near the mouth of the Zwin in 1985 and 1986, more
- Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989, more
- Interstitial Turbellaria in the Dutch Delta 1978-1979, more
- Life cycle and biomass of Tachidius discipes (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the 'Dievengat' (Knokke) in 1979, more
- Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978, more
- Meiobenthos of 5 mangrove vegetation types at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1989, more
- Recolonization of a disturbed sandsediment by macrobenthos in the Sluice dock (Oostende) in 1980, more
- Spatial distribution of the macrozoobenthos on the 'Slikken van Vianen' (Oosterschelde) in 1979, more
- Study of epifauna and meiobenthos by means of cage experiments in a Ceriops tagal and Avicennia marina mangrove at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August and September 1992, more
- Study of epifauna and meiobenthos using field exclusion experiments in a Ceriops tagal and Avicennia marina mangrove at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August and September 1992, more
- Study of the meiobenthos from a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more
- Summary of benthos at Gazi Bay, Kenya (EC-project 1989-1992), more
- Type localities and distribution records of Proseriata (Platyhelminthes) in the world, more
- Typhloplanoida from the southern hemisphere (Zanzibar, Kenya, Kerguelen, Australia and Weddell Sea), more
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A1 Publications (17) [show] |
- Steel, H.; Coomans, A.; Decraemer, W.; Moens, T.; Bert, W. (2014). Nematodes from terrestrial, freshwater and brackish water habitats in Belgium: an updated list with special emphasis on compost nematodes. Zootaxa 3765(2): 143-160, more
- Coomans, A.; De Ley, I.T.; Jimenez, L.A.; De Ley, P. (2012). Morphological, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic position of Longidorus mindanaoensis n. sp (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from a Philippine Avicennia mangrove habitat. Nematology (Leiden) 14(3): 285-307. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854111X594974, more
- Yushin, V.V.; Coomans, A. (2005). Ultrastructure of sperm development in the free-living marine nematode Metachromadora itoi (Chromadoria, Desmodorida). Acta Zool. (Stockh.) 86(4): 255-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2005.00207.x, more
- Houthoofd, W.; Jacobsen, K.; Mertens, C.; Vangestel, S.; Coomans, A.; Borgonie, G. (2003). Embryonic cell lineage of the marine nematode Pellioditis marina. Dev. Biol. 258(1): 57-69. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00101-5, more
- Yushin, V.V.; Coomans, A.; Malakhov, V.V. (2002). Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in the free-living marine nematode Pontonema vulgare (Enoplida, Oncholaimidae). Can. J. Zool. 80(8): 1371-1382. dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z02-127, more
- Yushin, V.V.; Coomans, A.; Borgonie, G.; Malakhov, V.V. (2002). Ultrastructural study of the tadpole stage of the primitive marine nematode Enoplus demani (Enoplia: Enoplida). Rus. J. Nematol. 10(1): 43-53, more
- Yushin, W.; Coomans, A.; Borgonie, G.; Malakhov, W. (2002). Ultrastructural study of cuticle formation during embryogenesis of the free-living marine nematode Enoplus demani (Enoplida). Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 42(2-3): 189-203. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2002.9652775, more
- Abebe, E.; Mees, J.; Coomans, A. (2001). Nematode communities of Lake Tana and other inland water bodies of Ethiopia. Hydrobiologia 462: 41-73. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013176117586, more
- Coomans, A.; Vandekerckhove, T.T.M.; Claeys, M. (2000). Transovarial transmission of symbionts in Xiphinema brevicollum (Nematoda : Longidoridae). Nematology (Leiden) 2: 443-449, part 4. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854100509303, more
- Yushin, V.V.; Coomans, A. (2000). Ultrastructure of sperm development in the free-living marine nematodes of the family Chromadoridae (Chromadorida: Chromadorina). Nematology (Leiden) 2(3): 285-296. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854100509150, more
- Coomans, A.; Eyualem, A.; van de Velde, M.C. (1996). Position of pharyngeal gland outlets in Monhysteridae (Nemata). J. Nematol. 28(2): 169-176, more
- Sakwe, P.N.; Coomans, A. (1993). The genera Longidorus Micoletzky, 1922 and Xiphinema Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) in Cameroon. Belg. J. Zool. 123(2): 203-230, more
- Huys, R.; Coomans, A. (1989). Echinoderes higginsi sp. n. (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from the southern North Sea with a key to the genus Echinoderes Claparède. Zoologica Scri. 18(2): 211-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00446.x, more
- Coomans, A.; Verschuren, D.; Vanderhaeghen, R. (1988). The demanian system, traumatic insemination and reproductive strategy in Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen (Nematoda, Oncholaimina). Zoologica Scri. 17(1): 15-23. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00083.x, more
- van de Velde, M.C.; Coomans, A. (1987). Ultrastructure of the excretory system of the marine nematode Monhystera disjuncta. Tissue Cell 19(5): 713-725. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-8166(87)90077-2, more
- Coomans, A.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (1985). Nematodes from a fresh-water pool on a coral island in the Solomon Islands. Hydrobiologia 123(3): 265-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00034389, more
- Vincx, M.; Coomans, A. (1983). Daptonema williamsi sp.n. (Nematoda, Xyalidae) from the Solomon Islands. Zoologica Scri. 12(4): 237-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00507.x, more
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Peer reviewed publications (16) [show] |
- Coomans, A.; Claeys, M. (1998). Structure of the female reproductive system of Xiphinema americanum (Nematoda : Longidoridae). Fund. Appl. Nematol. 21(5): 569-580, more
- Coomans, A.; Willems, A. (1998). What are symbiotic bacteria doing in the ovaria of Xiphinema americanum-group species. Nematologica 44: 323-326, more
- Coomans, A.; Chaves, E.; De León, L.
L. (1996). Xiphidorini (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Uruguay. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66: 5-15, more
- Moens, T.; Coomans, A.; De Waele, D. (1996). Effect of temperature on the in vitro reproduction of Aphelenchoides rutgersi. Fund. Appl. Nematol. 19: 47-52, more
- Eyualem, A.; Coomans, A. (1995). Tridentulus, a new genus of Monhysteridae (Nematoda) from the Galápagos archipelago. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 65: 5-10, more
- Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Coomans, A. (1982). The productivity of marine meiobenthos. Meded. Kon. Acad. Wet. Lett. Kunst. Klasse der Wet. Academiae Analecta, 44(2): 1-20, more
- Coomans, A.; Mulk, M.M. (1980). Prismatolaimus andrassyanus nomen novum for P. andrassyi apud Mulk & Coomans, 1979, nec P. andrassyi Khera & Chaturvedi, 1977. Nematologica 26(2): 283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187529280X00198, more
- Coomans, A.; De Coninck, L.; Heip, C. (1979). First Workshop on the Systematics of Marine Free-living Nematodes, Gent, 13-16 August 1977. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 3, more
- Coomans, A.; De Coninck, L.A.P.; Heip, C.H.R. (1979). Round Table discussions. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 103-113, more
- Coomans, A.; De Coninck, L.; Heip, C. (Ed.) (1979). Papers presented at the First Workshop on the Systematics of Marine Free-living Nematodes, Gent, 13-16 August 1977. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique = Annalen van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde, 108(1-2). Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique: Bruxelles. 218 pp., more
- Coomans, A.; Van Der Heiden, A. (1979). The systematic position of the family Ironidae and its relation to the Dorylaimida. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 5-11, more
- Maertens, D.; Coomans, A. (1979). The function of the demanian system and an atypical copulatory behaviour in Oncholaimus oxyuris. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 83-87, more
- Coomans, A.; De Coninck, L.A.P.; Heip, C.H.R. (1978). Data to be considered in descriptions of new species or redescriptions of poorly known species (addendum 2). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108: 119-122, more
- Coomans, A. (1964). Xiphinema basilgoodeyi n. sp. with observations on its larval stages (Nematoda: Dorylaimina). Nematologica 10(4): 581-593, more
- Coomans, A. (1964). Structure of the female gonads in members of the Dorylaimina. Nematologica 10(4): 601-622, more
- Coomans, A.; De Coninck, L. (1962). Embletonia pallida, Nudibranche nouveau pour la faune belge. Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. XXXVIII(16): 1-4, plate I, more
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Books (2) [show] |
- Heip, C.H.R.; Coomans, A. (Ed.) (1986). Ecology, ecotoxicology and systematics of marine benthos. Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren Sektie Mariene Biologie Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 217 pp., more
- Coomans, A.; Heip, C.H.R. (1974). Determinatietabel voor hydroiedpoliepen. RUG. Instituut voor Dierkunde: Gent. 29 pp., more
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Book chapters (4) [show] |
- Vanhove, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Beghyn, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Van Kenhove, A.; Coomans, A.; Vincx, M. (1997). Role of the meiobenthos in Antarctic ecosystems, in: Caschetto, S. (Ed.) Belgian research programme on the Antarctic: scientific results of phase III (1992-1996): 1. Marine biochemistry and ecodynamics. pp. A3/02/001/1-59, more
- Coomans, A.; Vincx, M. (1991). Sektie Mariene Biologie, Instituut voor Dierkunde, in: IZWO Aktiviteitenverslag IZWO. pp. 45-47, more
- Coomans, A. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda), in: Wouters, K. et al. (Ed.) Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. pp. 43-56, more
- Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Coomans, A. (1988). The productivity of marine meiobenthos, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (Ed.) Collected papers on meiofauna dynamics and energy flow. pp. 1-20, more
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Report [show] |
- Coomans, A.; Heip, C.H.R. (Ed.) (1984). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Oceanografie: Progress Report 1983. Ecological and ecotoxicological studies of benthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Programmatie van het Wetenschapsbeleid: Brussel. 201 pp., more
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Other publications (8) [show] |
- Coomans, A. (1984). Onderzoek uit het Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 52: 17-25, more
- Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XIII. A description of four new species and a redescription of four known species from in and around mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29(4): 509-541. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9780509, more
- Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological notes on the nematode fauna in and around mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29(4): 497-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497, more
- Coomans, A.; Van Der Heiden, A. (1977). The systematic position of the family Ironidae and its relation to the Dorylaimida, in: The systematics of marine free-living nematodes, Gent, 16-19 august 1977. abstract book. pp. 4, more
- Maertens, D.; Coomans, A. (1977). The function of the demanian system and an atypical copulatory behaviour in Oncholaimus oxyuris, in: The systematics of marine free-living nematodes, Gent, 16-19 august 1977. abstract book. pp. 20, more
- Coomans, A. (1969). Het Grote-Barrièrerif in Australië. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 37: 12, more
- Coomans, A. (1963). Enkele voorname aspekten van de nematologie. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 31: 60-61, more
- Maton, J.; Coomans, A. (1962). Uitstap naar Noord Frankrijk (Blanc-Nez - Gris-Nez). Publ. Trim. - Ass. Nat. Prof. Biol. Belg. = Driem. Tijdschr. - Belg. Natl. Ver. Leraars Biol. 8: 106-110, more
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